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<span>Microsoft PowerToys</span>
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<span align="center">Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.</span>
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<a href="#-installation">Installation</a>
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<a href="#-whats-new">Release notes</a>
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Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.
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## 🔨 Utilities
PowerToys includes over 25 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Windows experience:
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## 📋 Installation
For detailed installation instructions, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install).
Before you begin, make sure your device meets the system requirements:
> [!NOTE]
> - Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1 / build 19041) or newer
> - 64-bit processor: x64 or ARM64
> - Latest stable version of [Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703) is installed via the bootstrapper during setup
Choose one of the installation methods below:
For detailed installation instructions and system requirements, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install).
But to get started quickly, choose one of the installation methods below:
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<details open>
<summary>Download .exe from GitHub</summary>
<summary><strong>Download .exe from GitHub</strong></summary>
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Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reveal the downloads, and choose the installer that matches your architecture and install scope. For most devices, that's the x64 per-user installer.
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| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
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<summary>Microsoft Store</summary>
<summary><strong>Microsoft Store</strong></summary>
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You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:
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<a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://aka.ms/getPowertoys">
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<summary>WinGet</summary>
<summary><strong>WinGet</strong></summary>
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Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
*User scope installer [default]*
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<summary>Other methods</summary>
<summary><strong>Other methods</strong></summary>
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There are [community driven install methods](./doc/unofficialInstallMethods.md) such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.
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